Being a person who was an avid fan of Marvel during the 70's & 80's, let me start by saying Iron Man was not my favorite comic during that period. That said, this is probably the best execution of the Marvel vision brought to the big screen thus far. Excellent casting, great script, and plenty of references to the Marvel universe all made this 2 hour movie go by much too quickly. Highly recommended, well worth the inflated ticket price.....and please, stay through the credits, or else you Marvelheads will miss perhaps the best Marvel reference of the movie.